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Another split, another sect
26 Apr 2012
The left must organise on the basis of genuine democratic centralism, argues Ben Lewis
From Star wars to library wars
25 May 2006
Lawrence Parker reports on what looks like a new factional war in the Morning Star's Communist Party of Britain over the Marx Memorial Library
Clear red water and the CNWP
25 May 2006
The first steering committee meeting of the Campaign for a New Workers' Party took place on Saturday May 20, writes Anne Mc Shane. The meeting showed that, much to its dismay, the Socialist Party has only the left groups for company
SAV moves towards WASG split
25 May 2006
Tina Becker reports from the May 20 gathering of the so-called 'left' opposition in the German WASG - which was dominated not by socialist ideas, but conservatism and sectarianism
Searching for ESF positives
18 May 2006
The politics CPGB comrades encountered in the various workshops and seminars at the May 4-7 European Social Forum show that the danger of organisational fragmentation the ESF faces stems from the programmatic crisis of the workers' movement across the continent, says Huw Bynon
Emancipatory socialism and Realpolitik
18 May 2006
Katja Kipping is a Linkspartei.PDS MP and the party's national vice-chair. She spoke to Tina Becker about the difficult merger process with the WASG (Wahlalternative Arbeit und Soziale Gerechtigkeit)
Merger in jeopardy
18 May 2006
Tina Becker and Ben Lewis reply to Sascha Stanicic (Sozialistische Alternative) on the questions of his organisation's role in the Wahlalternative Arbeit und Soziale Gerechtigkeit
WASG removes Berlin leadership
18 May 2006
At its meeting on May 13, the national executive of the WASG decided to remove the regional executives in Berlin and the east German federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, says Tina Becker
US workers: end of isolation
11 May 2006
View from the US left by Martin Schreader
SWP failure within Respect success
11 May 2006
Peter Manson comments on the results of the May 4 local elections
Attempt to hijack Euro demo
11 May 2006
The events that took place during Saturday's ESF demonstration deserve to be described in some detail, because the Socialist Workers Party is involved in a blatant attempt to falsify history. For some reason, the Greek Social Forum has decided not to take on the comrades publicly. That leaves the Weekly Worker to fill this important gap
Extremely pleasant, but...
11 May 2006
Over 35,000 people attended the fourth European Social Forum in Athens from May 4-7. While the organisation was generally good and the event enjoyable, the open question remains: what is the point of this biennial carnival - apart from deepening divisions amongst the left in the host country? Tina Becker reports
Minimal wage
04 May 2006
The WASG and the L.PDS have launched a campaign for a legal minimum wage in Germany - but 8 an hour is not enough
Ben Lewis
04 May 2006
CPGB comrade Ben Lewis stood as a candidate in the elections for the six vacant posts on the WASG national executive
Tactics and principle
04 May 2006
Tina Becker spoke to Sascha Stanicic, spokesperson of the Socialist Party's sister organisation in Germany, Sozialistische Alternative (SAV), about the thorny question of Berlin and the opposition in the WASG
German CWI blocs with right
04 May 2006
It became clear over the weekend that Sozialistische Alternative (SAV), the German section of the Socialist Party's Committee for a Workers' International, has manoeuvred itself into an untenable position over Berlin